Weight Loss Tip: Avoid The Shame Game

Weight Loss Tip - Avoid the Shame gameWeight Loss Tip - Avoid the Shame game

Food and Body Shaming does not work.  

I see this nearly every day in the United States Army.  Body shaming is the norm in many parts of the military.  To the military, your weight is purely a measure of your lack of discipline.  This approach is not helpful and shows a genuine lack of understanding of the disease process in obesity.  Obesity is a disease and is not merely a lack of willpower.  We need to change how we look at folks who have become obese and more supportive and less blaming.   

Weight Loss Tip - Avoid the Shame game

Weight Loss Tip – Avoid the Shame Game

The bottom line: You did not need to make people feel bad about themselves to help them lose weight.  You will do better if you show compassion and concern for their health.  

 

About the Author

ChuckH
I am a family physician who has served in the US Army. In 2016, I found myself overweight, out of shape, and unhealthy, so I made a change to improve my health. This blog is the chronology of my path to better health and what I have learned along the way.

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